New Year's concert in the Südbahnhotel: Magic of the Wilhelminian era awakened!

New Year's concert in the Südbahnhotel: Magic of the Wilhelminian era awakened!

The Südbahnhotel, a historical building of the 19th century, recently experienced a special renaissance as a breathtaking backdrop for the New Year's concert ballet. In a unique choreography, dancers embodied: inside house spirits and aroused the romantic splendor of the long orphaned hotel. The first costumes, designed by the Anglo-Irish artist Patrick Kinmonth, capture the elegance of the hotel architecture. Kinmonth praised the extraordinary quality of the surfaces in the Südbahnhotel and made it clear that his designs are a tribute to the creative minds behind its design, such as OE24 reported .

The heyday of the Südbahn

The Südbahn, which was completed in 1857, marked a turning point for tourism in Austria-Hungary. The construction of this impressive 600 kilometer long railway line was a masterpiece of engineering with many technical challenges, in particular the overcoming of Semmering, where 16 viaducts and 15 tunnels made of stone were built. This connection from Vienna to Trieste enabled the wealthy society to travel to the Adriatic quickly and thus created a basis for numerous tourist hotspots, such as